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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Sorbitan Sesquicaprylate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Sorbitan Sesquicaprylate is a cosmetic ingredient that lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 5 products, most often bath and shower.

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What does Sorbitan Sesquicaprylate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Sorbitan Sesquicaprylate lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away, keeps the skin in good condition, and makes the product thicker or thinner. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: surfactant, skin conditioning and viscosity controlling.

surfactantskin conditioningviscosity controlling

What is Sorbitan Sesquicaprylate?

Sorbitan Sesquicaprylate is a mixture of mono and diesters of Caprylic Acid and hexitol anhydrides derived from sorbitol.

CAS number
91844-53-0
EC number
295-118-4
CosIng reference
86349

Which products contain Sorbitan Sesquicaprylate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Sorbitan Sesquicaprylate in the ingredient lists of 5 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often bath and shower, shower gels and shampoos.

  • Bath and shower2
  • Shower gels2
  • Shampoos2
  • Hair care1

Products with it, by country of sale: Switzerland 2 · Portugal 1 · Italy 1 · Germany 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Sorbitan Sesquicaprylate turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsSurfactants and cleansers

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Sources

The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.

  1. European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
  2. Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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